For a while now I've been wanting to make some kind of peanut butter and jelly cookie. I'm almost 23 years old and I still eat PB+J sandwiches (specifically Uncrustables- despite what I'd classify as a semi-refined palate, I consume frozen, plastic wrapped sandwiches with delight) on a very regular basis. So when I was going through another one of my favorite cookbooks and realized that I had everything to concoct their peanut butter cookies, I decided to test the idea out.
I used our very own ASUCD's COHO cookbook for the peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie recipe. It was simple and made a delicious batch of treats. On about half of the cookies I decided to take them out about three minutes early, spoon a small amount of strawberry jam in the center, and put them back in for the remaining time. This helped create a well of jam in the middle that I couldn't have done while they were still raw (the dough was too sticky to shape, so I had to wait until they were almost done to add the jam) and also didn't cook the jam to the point that it was chewy and sticky. The result: a delicious combo of flavors that even my boyfriend couldn't get enough of! Really, I've never seen him eat so many cookies in one day before!
On a side note, I bet you've figured out by now that I'm a little in love with owls. This is a common theme that you will see throughout the blog. I have more owl fabric and trinkets than you could imagine, so they'll surely be popping up in a lot of pictures! Oh, and something else that will be popping up is my curious, intrusive kitten. Lilah loves attention, so when I'm giving it to anything but her, she HAS to get involved.
Next time: my flourless chocolate cake. And no, I still didn't get it right!
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